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It provides all the same features as the other apps in terms of search, tagging, etc… but its WIKI style behavior makes it possible to add not just comments to files, but sophisticated contextual relationships between them. This approach turns the “file + comment” paradigm into “entry + attachment.” But you can set it to show the resource file instead of the entry when you first view it and get the best of both worlds (see video if you’re like “huh?”).ĮagleFiler: just like everything else about this app, it performs respectably well and reliably, but in a very uninspiring way. You can add WIKI style links anywhere to other resources in its library. Journler: because it’s a journaling app at its core, it’s organized around entries instead of files. And I’ve read in a few places that Together gets slow as its content grows… Together: even with the limited amount of stuff I entered for testing, I already noticed a slight lag in search results. The search is very fast though since its data is stored in a SQLite database.Įvernote: as I was writing this, I went back to Evernote to give it another look and clicked on a few tags in the sidebar, nothing would show up… I restarted the app and now it works… deal breaker again. That’s one of the main reasons I looked into an alternative in the first place. Yojimbo: it’s the only app that does not have smart folders, but “tag collections” instead. Winner: they’re all roughly equivalent, but Journler takes the edge because of its additional physical drop box folder option.

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Not as cool looking as Yojimbo or Together, but since the drop box is an actual folder, you can add stuff in it even if the app is not running… So if that drop box is in a Drobbox… You can actually drop stuff in there from anywhere in the world for later review! And there’s a Quicksilver Applescript (I can’t find where I got it from anymore! I’m putting it for download here, if you know where the original is, let me know and I’ll update my post) for quick text entry too.ĮagleFiler: similar to all the other apps here, there’s a dedicated shortcut to import the current selection in the database. Journler: it doesn’t have a cool shelf or drop dock, but it provides similar functionality through the service menu and an actual drop box folder in its library.

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It’s almost as good as (and clearly “inspired” by) Yojimbo, but the shortcut brings up the main app windows if it’s open… And I generaly don’t like to have an extra tab allways present on my screen. Together: the “Shelf” is pretty efficientl to get stuff in and out of the library swiftly. But Evernote’s main advantage is its iPhone app which can be great if that fits your workflow. The OCR feature is intriguing though (I haven’t tested it myself). Yojimbo: between the “Drop Dock” and “Quick Input Panel” you got plenty of options to get your stuff in, as well as its metadata, without having to go to the app itself.Įvernote: as everything else in Evernote, the web “Clipper” is buggy. Journler: as pretty as Together, but cleaner, with great attention to detail and ingenuous touches spread throughout.ĮagleFiler: it’s fast, functional, pragmatic, clean, but somehow manages to make OS X ugly… Easy to use, but definitely not sexy.Įxamples of Evernote’s glitches in OS X Data Entry

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Unfortunately, a few UI errors (at the code logic level) make me cautious about the long term viability of using this app. Together: one of the best UI in this list. Some of them are serious enough to be a deal breaker for me.

The rock solid UI demonstrates the Bare Bones team’s mastery of OS X development and Cocoa.Įvernote: the opposite of what I wrote about Yojimbo… Check out the video below for some examples of the glitchy behaviors you get throughout the UI. Here’s what I considered while narrowing it down to my final choice: User Interface (UI) Yojimbo (the benchmark in my case since that’s what I’ve used)Ĭlearly, the final decision on what to use depends on your needs and personal taste, and some people would probably want to see a couple more apps added to this list: MacJournal, but I found it too specialized in journaling to be practical as a data organizer, and DevonThink which is the most powerful of them all, but it’s so powerful that I don’t think it belongs here, and it didn’t fit my requirements.

I’d been using Yojimbo myself for a while but its lack of significant updates since its initial release compelled me to start looking around for alternatives.Īfter some research, I narrowed it downed to these apps: Finding the perfect OS X information/resource organizer can be daunting.